Cold sore coming up after I've been kissing my baby

[Preggylegs]

I get cold sores very occasionally. I'd say once a year.
As usual, I've been kissing my 9 month old aaaaalllllll day because she's so adorable. She's also been putting her hands all over my face and mouth, exploring and playing as they do!
Then earlier, around 5pm my lip feels strange and I realise a cold sore is coming up.
I'm so terrified I've given her this horrible virus. I've looked online and it says that cold sores are contagious for 48 hours before it comes up?!!
And also I know it's so serious if a newborn gets it but what about a 9 month old.

Help!

Geverally sieaking, after about 4 months, the virus isn't serious for babies. I've had cold sores with my first DS and of course kissed him tonnes before I realised - luckily he never caught it. I don't know how you normally treat them, but the patches are great for keeping it covered so baby can't accidentally touch it and I definitely recommend these over creams.

I also get the occasional coldsore and I to recall kissing baby all over their face constantly then one coming up really suddenly in the afternoon, luckily they never caught it and I always use the patches to keep them covered until they disappear, so far my little one hasn’t caught it.

Thanks got the patches on board 👍 hopefully she doesn't catch it 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

theres some great benefits to catching cold sores as a kid. The reason that the more severe version 2 is on the rise (and genital herpes in general) is because kids aren’t catching it as much in childhood and developing some antibodies. It also means that as it often gets less
frequent over time by the time she starts school it will hardly ever happen.
honestly when 70 percent of adults get the virus by 25 I really don’t see the point trying to avoid it.

Do you breastfeed OP? Is so she’ll be getting loads of antibodies as the moment since your body is fighting off the infection again.

Hi - just wanted to chime in that my mother accidentally kissed my baby whilst she had a cold sore, and it still didn’t transfer, so fingers crossed will be the same for you